Last year, a number of complaints were filed to the Railroad Commission of Texas District 7B Office concerning the apparent increase in methane in the water wells in Parker County, Texas. The complaints claimed that the contamination was the result of the nearby activities of the Barnett Shale production and fracking.

Based on the information described above, Commission staff has determined that the evidence is insufficient to conclude that Barnett Shale production activities have caused or contributed to methane contamination in the aquifer beneath the neighborhood.

Earthworks, Ecowatch and others are really trying to stir up fear of the process of fracking. However, they lack the scientific evidence that they claim to have. It is just sad that they claim one thing, and a fact-check proves another.

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Unfortunately it seems like it is relatively easy to do what I would essentially label as fear-mongering when it comes to activities like fracking that ‘sound’ to the average, perhaps uninformed citizen, like they could be potentially harmful.

I suppose thankfully, at least, the main side-effect of fear-mongering is that when fact-checking disproves these claims, they lose credibility too.